Our return visit to Anthony’s Key Resort was just as fun as the first time! With the resort handling everything from food to activities for us, what better place for a family reunion? 12 of us flew in for a week getaway with 7 members opting for snorkeling and the rest of us signed up for diving. The marine life was just as good as we hoped it would be with frequent sightings of turtles, eagle rays, grouper, and loads of tropical fish. Our dive master was Edwin with boat captain Dean and we enjoyed our week with both of them. Highlights from our 20 dives were squeezed into a 3 minute video below.
Emma and Grace sitting in Adirondack chairs at the airport in Roatan
Road leading to Anthony's Key Resort - our home for the week
Our hilltop rooms at Anthony’s Key Resort
One of the key bungalows at Anthony’s Key Resort
Grace hanging out in a hammock
The garden next to the pool; Anthony’s Key Resort
Hillside stilt house
Calvary Chapel Roatan
School of creole wrasse
Dive master Edwin surrounded by horse-eye jacks
A school of over 1000 bigeye scad
Flamingo tongue snail
Peacock flounder
Grey angelfish
Graysby grouper
Saucereye porgy
Green sea turtle
Path leading to the beach on Maya Key
Scarlet macaw
Saying hello to a peccary; Maya Key
Cam and Emma reach out towards a capuchin monkey
Fran, Emma, Lexi and Becky at Maya Key
Puma resting in the shade; Maya Key
A caretaker gets ready to feed a blind sea lion that was rescued over two year ago
Hogfish
Luke diving next to The Odyssey shipwreck
School of French Grunt
Tiger grouper
Nassau grouper
Blue tang
Channel clinging crab
Spotted drum fish
Spotted eagle rays
Green moray eel
Dolphin at Anthony’s Key Resort
Bailey’s Key, a small lagoon housing the Atlantic Bottlenose dolphins of Anthony’s Key
Happy snorkelers and divers at Anthony’s Key Resort
Green anole
Getting ready for an afternoon of fun on the water
Luke carrying his dive gear to the boat
A French angelfish hovers near a grazing turtle with a Spanish hogfish in the background
Jellyfish
Spotted spiny lobster
Pompano fish
Lizardfish
Midnight parrotfish
Octopus
Porcupinefish
School of juvenile red snapper
Emma, Grace, Frannie and Becky; Anthony’s Key Resort
Getting ready for another day of diving
Afternoon card games and cocktails before dinner
The girls getting photobombed by Luke
Emma, Becky and Ann getting ready for Fiesta Night
Taking the boat shuttle across to Anthony’s Key
Robby, Emma, Becky and Lexi at Fiesta Night
Group photo at Fiesta Night
Garifuna heritage dance at Fiesta Night
Cam limboing under the bar
Dancing the night away at Fiesta Night
Hawksbill turtle
A pair of whitespotted filefish
Great barracuda
Bermuda chub
Black durgon
Spotted moray eel
Emma, Fran, Chris, Cam, Ally, Lexi and Grace pose with a dolphin at Bailey’s Key
Bob and Ann suit up for an afternoon dive
Group photo with dive master Edwin and captain Dean
Scrawled filefish
Slipper lobster
Spotted trunkfish
Caribbean Reef Squid
Stargazer snake eel snapping at a lobster tickle stick
Smooth trunkfish
Southern stingray
Large-eye toadfish
Trumpetfish
Such a great family reunion at Anthony’s Key Resort!
Baby coconut trees
Taking a selfie with Lexi
The shuttle arrives to take part of our group to the airport
The other half of our group moved to West End for the final night in Roatan
Ann next to a “yield to SCUBA divers” crossing sign
Colorful souvenir bag
West End Beach
Mexican taco shack; West End
Still smiling after spending a week together in Roatan!
Enjoying sunset at our own private waterside table; West End
